National policies and plans

The National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) focuses on streamlining disaster management systems at the national level through the reorganization of the Department for Disaster Preparedness and the elaboration of major stakeholders' operating procedures

The Afghanistan Strategic National Action Plan (SNAP) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Towards Peace and Stable Development is a sectoral national strategy applicable for the period 2011-2015. It envisages achieving two goals: (1) to develop the

This strategy aims to expand co-ordination and collaboration within Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) Programmes to the greater benefit of those affected by natural hazards. This strategy will help in establishing focused directions

The purpose of ECO Regional Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (ECORFDRR) is to reduce the impact of disasters through fostering more efficient planning, creating common information systems and exchanging good practices and programmes for cooperation

This document is the first-ever policy plan to mainstream gender in disaster risk management in Afghanistan, Badakhshan province. Advancement of women is a central to Afghanistan's pursuit of provincial peace and reconstruction, gender equality and the

This provincial disaster risk management plan presents coordinated disaster risk management (DRM) activities in the Badakhshan province to assist government line departments and other provincial stakeholders to implement actions agreed in Standard

This law makes the Department of Emergency Preparedness responsible for organizing matters related to prevention of natural disasters. The department must prepare and implement measures to prevent natural disasters or reduce the impacts of their

A declaration, adopted by 19 climate vulnerable countries, reaffirming the commitment by climate vulnerable countries to focus on adaptation, particularly in the short term in order to minimise immediate danger, and calling on developed countries to